Cop Crosses 5 Lanes Of Traffic To Rescue Frightened Puppy In Peru

The undated video shows the officer methodically stopping traffic on a busy roadway. At one point, a large truck blows right past the cop, highlighting the dangerous nature of the situation. But most of the cars obey his commands and allow him to cross the highway, grab the little pup and return to the safety of the sidewalk.

The Daily Mail identified the officer as 34-year-old Juan Manuel Iman Zena, who said (of course): "I was only doing my job."

"I could see that there was no way the young dog was going to make it back and it's amazing he even managed to get the central reservation in the first place," the paper quoted Zena as saying. "I knew it was about to be hit at any moment, and was worried that if a car tried to swerve it might cause an accident."

Zena found a phone number on the dog's collar and was able to reunite the animal with its owner.

This is Tweed, the tiniest of five recently rescued calves. Once pneumonia-stricken and emaciated, these former cast-offs of the dairy industry now live a healthy and happy life of grazing and frolicking with friends. Their fate could easily have been different. Cows, like all mammals, must be kept pregnant in order to continue lactating. The production of milk therefore also requires the regular production of calves. The many male calves born to the industry are regarded as useless and sell at auction for only a few dollars each. These rescued calves were among 11 purchased by a man looking to raise cheap beef. Also inexpensive is the treatment for pneumonia if administered early: For all 11 calves, it would have cost around 20 dollars. Their purchaser decided instead simply to kill the young bulls. By the time authorities intervened, he had already shot six of them. The man was arrested, but not for animal cruelty - he had violated his probation by discharging a firearm. <a href="http://www.farmsanctuary.org/rescue/rescues/2011/arnold_friends.html" target="_hplink">Read more</a> about how these five calves narrowly escaped death.